Son stabs father to death in Imo land sale dispute

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The Imo State Police Command has arrested a 39-year-old man, Ifeanyi Odinka, for allegedly stabbing his father, Dennis Odinka, to death following arguments over proceeds from a land sale in Orlu.

This is even as one Pastor Ikenna Emmanuel has been arrested for the rape of a 20-year-old girl in Orlu.

Ifeanyi, who hails from Amaifeke, Orlu in the Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, was alleged to have stabbed his 75-year-old father to death following a dispute over proceeds from a land sale.

The Imo State Police spokesperson, Henry Okoye, disclosed in a statement on Wednesday, “Operatives of the Orlu Division, on 12th August, 2025, apprehended one Ifeanyi Odinka, ‘m’, 39 years, of Amaifeke Orlu, for stabbing his father, Dennis Odinka, ‘m’, 75 years, to death following a dispute over proceeds from a land sale. On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime.”

He disclosed that the suspect had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Owerri, for further investigation and prosecution.

In another development, Okoye said operatives from the Orlu Divisional headquarters have arrested a 32-year-old man, Pastor Ikenna Emmanuel, of Authentic Power City Church, for the rape of a girl under the guise of special prayers.

Okoye said Emmanuel, who hails from Umuobom, in the Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State, alongside his accomplice, Franklin Chizoba, tricked the girl into his house on June 30, 2025, under the guise of praying for her and drugged her. Punch